§ 162-25. Community facilities; compliance with Comprehensive Plan.  


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  • A. 
    In reviewing subdivision plats, the Board will consider the adequacy of existing or proposed community facilities to serve the additional dwellings proposed by the subdivision.
    B. 
    Where a proposed park, playground, school or other public use shown in the Comprehensive Plan is located in whole or in part in a subdivision, the Board may require the reservation of up to 10% of the gross area of the subdivision as may be deemed reasonable. Where said area is not dedicated, it shall be reserved for acquisition by the municipality for a period of three years.
    C. 
    Areas provided or reserved for such community facilities should be adequate to provide for building sites, landscaping and off-street parking as appropriate to the use proposed.
    D. 
    The layout of the proposed subdivision shall be in general conformity with the features or developments proposed in the Comprehensive Plan of the municipality.
    E. 
    In the event that an area to be used for a park or playground is required to be so shown, the subdivider shall submit, prior to final approval, to the Board, three prints [one on cloth], drawn in ink, showing, at a scale of not less than 30 feet to the inch, such area and the following features thereof:
    (1) 
    The boundaries of said area, giving lengths and bearings of all straight lines, radii, lengths, central angles and tangent distances of all curves.
    (2) 
    Existing features such as brooks, ponds, clusters of trees, rock outcrops, structures.
    (3) 
    Existing and, if applicable, proposed changes in grade and contours of the said area and of the area immediately adjacent.